Earlier this week, Ubisoft revealed that its Rainbow Six Siege revenue share program will undergo a significant expansion, implement a three-tier system, and run for at least four more years. The Esports Observer spoke with several teams regarding the announcement and what it means for organizations in the game’s ecosystem. Ubisoft launched its Revenue Share […]
Black Ops Cold War revamps Create-A-Class and Scorestreaks
While there’s been a hefty amount of leaks leading up to today, we now have a ton of official information on Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War. The worldwide multiplayer reveal stream unveiled a ton of details on the multiplayer mode. From weapons to maps to Scorestreaks, there’s quite a bit to unpack from […]
Razer partners with Wrigley to create "Gamer Gum"
If you’ve ever had issues staying focused while gaming, you’re not alone. Razer believes that you shouldn’t have to pound down energy drinks to keep your focus and reaction times sharp, so they have partnered with Wrigley to bring gamers a new solution in the form of chewing gum called “Respawn” by 5. Razer is […]
Zayac interview: “Techies is the most strategic hero”
Taras Bortnik had the opportunity to sit down with Virtus.pro’s Bakyt “Zayac” Emilzhanov for an exclusive interview for VPEsports, where he opens out about the tough challenges he had to go throw by having family members fighting the coronavirus and how this experience motivated him to start a fundraising campaign for the village doctors in […]
Team Fortress 2 – Selbstjustiz gegen Cheater-Bots
“Bad Bots” vermiesen das Casual Gaming von Team Fortress 2. Nachdem Valve das Problem vernachlässigte, brachte die TF2 Community eigene “Good Bots” ins Spiel, um dem Spam entgegenzuwirken. Cheating ist ein allgegenwärtiges Problem in der gesamten Gaming-Branche. Besonders betroffen ist das Spiel Team Fortress 2, bei dem es kaum noch möglich ist, ein Casual Game […]
Preis und Release der Xbox Series S steht offiziell fest
Microsoft hat den Release-Preis der Xbox Series S bekanntgegeben. Die Mini-Version der Xbox Series X kostet 299 US-Dollar. Laut eines Leaks soll die Konsole zusammen mit dem großen Bruder am 10. November erscheinen. Die Katze aus dem Sack – oder vielmehr das Gerät aus der Trickkiste. Via Twitter hat der offizielle Xbox-Account am Dienstag den […]
Ubisoft Overhauls Rainbow Six Siege Revenue Share Program
Ubisoft has revealed details for the next phase of its Rainbow Six Siege revenue share program, which will be rebranded from the “Pilot Program” to R6 SHARE. The publisher has committed to running the program for four years in an effort to allow organizations to think long-term. Participants in the program have not yet been […]
New Samurai Scrapper Bundle leaked for Fortnite Season 4
Fortnite Chapter 2 – Season 4 is seeing its first bundle come to the Item Shop. According to new leaks, the “Samurai Scrapper” bundle is set to hit the store in the next 24 hours. It still has not been released at the time of writing, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have all of […]
Where to watch the Black Ops Cold War worldwide multiplayer reveal
The Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War worldwide multiplayer reveal takes place this Wednesday on September 9. This will be the first *official* time we’re seeing multiplayer gameplay of the new entry in the franchise. Of course, some leaked gameplay did pop up last week so there are fewer surprises in store than Activision […]
Fnatic replaces Rivalry with two-year Parimatch partnership – Esports Insider
London-based organisation Fnatic has found a new betting sponsor in Cypriot online bookmaker Parimatch. The organisation was previously in a deal with esports-dedicated bookmaker Rivalry, though that partnership was publicly-announced to have ended on September 4th. RELATED: Fnatic extends Rivalry partnership with multi-year deal The deal between Fnatic and Parimatch is described as a “two-year global partnership” […]